Originally posted on Medium. In the context of bitcoin, “normie” means something like “don’t know, don’t care.” And “normie” comes from “normal.” In other words, normal people don’t care about…

Is OP_CAT happening? The covenants proposal was just assigned BIP number #347. But before we delve deeper, let’s explore what covenants are and why Bitcoiners may want them. Is Bitcoin…

The world witnessed unprecedented power grabs and supply chains disruptions over the past couple of years. The almost perfect alignment between big government, big banks and corporations should be a…

On Wednesday, the founders of the Bitcoin privacy wallet Samourai Wallet were arrested and charged on behalf of the US Government. The indictment could set dangerous precedents beyond Bitcoin privacy…

The always-relevant Marty Bent had Spiral developer Matt Corallo on his podcast this week to address the freaks about urgent Bitcoin mining matters. To bring everyone up to speed, the…

The European Parliament adopted a new AML law package which increases the reporting requirements of crypto asset service providers (CASPs) when sending and receiving ‘anonymous’ payments between self-hosted wallets and…

An announcement was put out today by the Justice Department that Keonne Redoriguez and William Hill had been arrested and charged with operating Samourai Wallet, “an unlicensed money transmitting business”…

Edward Snowden has called the recent renewal of FISA 702, “the biggest encroachment on your privacy rights since the Patriot Act.” In the middle of the night, in secret, the…

The world is becoming an increasingly unstable place politically and economically speaking. Many people all over the world are currently living somewhere presenting serious risks to their livelihood and well…

On Free Speech President of Bitcoin Magazine, Mike Germano, has dared me to publish this rant with the following meme: Source: https://x.com/mikegermano/status/1773003239312503243?s=20 To all the haters, yes, even in Bitcoin…